sketch

sketch
noun
1 quick drawing
ADJECTIVE
▪ lightning, quick
▪ rough, simple
▪ detailed
▪ preliminary, preparatory
▪ initial, original
▪

the artist's original sketch

▪ charcoal, ink, oil, pen-and-ink, pencil, watercolour/watercolor
▪ composite (AmE)
▪

Police released a composite sketch of the suspect.

VERB + SKETCH
▪ do, draw, make
SKETCH + NOUN
▪ book (usually sketchbook), pad
▪ map
▪ plan (BrE)
▪

They have submitted an alternative sketch plan to the council.

▪ artist (esp. AmE)
▪

The judge will ban sketch artists from the courtroom.

PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the sketch
▪

The family house appears in several of her sketches.

▪ sketch by
▪

a series of sketches by John Constable

▪ sketch for
▪

to make a sketch for an oil painting

▪ sketch of
▪

He did some rough sketches of the costumes.

2 short description
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief, thumbnail
▪

The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time.

▪ biographical, character
▪ historical
▪

He begins the tour with a brief historical sketch of the town.

VERB + SKETCH
▪ give sb
PREPOSITION
▪ sketch of
▪

He gave us character sketches of all his relations.

3 short comic scene
ADJECTIVE
▪ short
▪ comedy, comic, satirical
▪ revue (esp. BrE)
▪

The show sometimes feels like a university revue sketch.

VERB + SKETCH
▪ do, perform
▪ write
SKETCH + NOUN
▪ comedy
▪ comedy show (AmE), show (BrE)
▪

a one-hour TV sketch (comedy) show

▪ writer (esp. BrE)
▪ group (AmE)
▪

I was in a sketch group for a couple of years.

PREPOSITION
▪ sketch about
▪

a comedy sketch about a dead parrot


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  • sketch — [ skɛtʃ ] n. m. • 1879; mot angl., proprt « esquisse » ♦ Courte scène, généralement comique et rapide, parfois improvisée, interprétée par un nombre restreint d acteurs. ⇒ saynète. Des sketchs ou des sketches. Il « fit représenter de petits… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sketch — may refer to:Drawing and other visual arts * Sketch (drawing), a drawing or other composition that is not intended as a finished work, but a preliminary exploration. * SketchUp, a 3D modeling program. * iSketch, an online drawing game. * Sketch… …   Wikipedia

  • sketch — n 1 outline, diagram, delineation, draft, tracing, plot, blueprint (see under SKETCH vb) Analogous words: design, plot, *plan, scheme, project: *chart, map 2 précis, aperçu, *compendium, syllabus, digest, pandect, survey sketch vb Sketch, outline …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sketch in — ˌsketch ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sketch in he/she/it sketches in present participle sketching in past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sketch — Sketch, n. [D. schets, fr. It. schizzo a sketch, a splash (whence also F. esquisse; cf. {Esquisse}.); cf. It. schizzare to splash, to sketch.] An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sketch´er — sketch «skehch», noun, verb. –n. 1. a rough, quickly done drawing, painting, clay model, or design: »The artist made many sketches in pencil before painting the portrait. 2. an outline; plan: »Give me a sketch of his career. SYNONYM(S): draft,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sketch — Sm Darbietung einer pointierten Kurzszene erw. fach. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. sketch, eigentlich Entwurf, Studie , dieses wohl aus nndl. schets Entwurf , aus it. schizzo, eigentlich Spritzer , für das man lautnachahmenden Ursprung… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • sketch — sketch·er; sketch·i·ly; sketch·i·ness; sketch; …   English syllables

  • sketch|y — «SKEHCH ee», adjective, sketch|i|er, sketch|i|est. 1. like a sketch; having or giving only outlines or main features. 2. Figurative. incomplete; done very roughly; …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sketch — Sketch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sketched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sketching}.] [Cf D. schetsen, It. schizzare. See {Sketch}, n.] 1. To draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of. [1913 Webster] 2. To plan or describe by giving the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sketch — [skech] n. [earlier schitz < Du schets < It schizzo < L schedium, extempore poem < Gr schedios, extempore, sudden < schein, to hold: see SCHEME] 1. a simple, rough drawing or design, done rapidly and without much detail 2. a brief… …   English World dictionary

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